Rickey Young (ex Al Bataeh) agreed terms with Air Defence Sporting Club

Newly promoted Air-Defence-Sporting-Club (Superleague) inked 32-year old American 205cm power forward Rickey Young (college: WVU Tech). Young already started the season at Al Bataeh in UAE ULB league.
He is a very experienced player. Young has quite traveled the world as his pro career brought him to twelve different countries on five different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and of course North America). He has played previously professionally in Bahrain (Al-Riffa), Finland (HoNsU Basket), Germany (46ers), Kosovo (Bashkimi), Kuwait (Qurrain), Montenegro, Qatar (Al Khor), Saudi Arabia (Al Hilal and Al Nasr), Bolivia (LS Olympic, La Salle and Calero), United Arab Emirates (Baniyas), Iraq (Al Karkh and Al Naft) and Libya (Al Ittihad). Young won Iraqi League championship title in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He was voted to Afrobasket.com All-Libyan League Power Forward of the Year in 2022.
Young graduated from West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 2011 and it is his twelfth (!!!) season in pro basketball.
Young's game is described as: Ricky Young is the only player from USA, that is born 1990, and have 2 years experience in European league, outstanding jumping abilities, and athleticism, very fast, run floor good, good rebounder, blocker, can shoot from outside, team player, very coachable, definitely NBA potential..



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